Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves under 500 lbs. 2.00 to 7.00 higher, over 500 lbs. 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifer calves under 500 lbs. 1.00 to 4.00 higher, over 500 lbs. 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Quality was plain through average. Slaughter cows 8.00 to 11.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 15.00 higher. A total of 150 cows and bulls sold with 82 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.66/cwt on 263 head.

Average price

$131.66

263 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$9.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.09

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	502	133.74	671	207
Medium and Large 2	484	123.96	600	56

One grade step is worth $9.79/cwt here — about $71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale263 hd

131.66

—

OK average7 barns · 4,591 hd

118.57

+13.09

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,652	86.05	1,421	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,063	61.70	656	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,211	61.66	747	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,540	58.66	903	10

Every lot, as filed

65 lots · USDA AMS · McAlester Union Livestock Auction - McAlester, OK

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	740	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	171.78/cwt	162.00–176.00	644	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	142.72/cwt	132.00–147.00	814	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	688	113.97/cwt	111.00–123.00	784	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	145.98/cwt	139.00–152.00	545	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	464	150.06/cwt	143.00–157.00	696	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	632	130.55/cwt	122.00–134.00	825	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	780	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	842	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	122.77/cwt	120.00–131.00	646	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	116.52/cwt	111.00–122.00	656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	149.44/cwt	147.00–159.00	544	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	128.37/cwt	122.00–135.00	605	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	140.80/cwt	137.00–149.00	452	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	140.02/cwt	136.00–149.00	592	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	140.01/cwt	137.00–152.00	657	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	158.44/cwt	151.00–165.00	510	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	114.78/cwt	107.00–117.00	750	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	109.45/cwt	106.00–112.00	686	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	115.96/cwt	112.00–121.00	610	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	113.34/cwt	111.00–115.00	657	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	114.49/cwt	112.00–117.00	875	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	130.38/cwt	126.00–137.00	671	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	125.40/cwt	121.00–131.00	716	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	148.31/cwt	140.00–154.00	789	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	148.14/cwt	137.00–151.00	824	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	171.96/cwt	165.00–179.00	616	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	8,279	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	1,073.24/cwt	985.00–1,200.00	11,913	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	1,060.44/cwt	975.00–1,125.00	10,477	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,171	848.30/cwt	785.00–925.00	9,934	4
Bulls	—	—	1,839	86.00/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,582	6
Bulls	—	—	1,596	93.68/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,495	5
Bulls	—	—	1,440	76.57/cwt	74.00–78.00	1,103	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	143.52/cwt	136.00–151.00	613	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	156.18/cwt	149.00–164.00	520	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	160.17/cwt	156.00–170.00	682	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	144.78/cwt	138.00–152.00	757	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	187.48/cwt	178.00–196.00	600	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	127.69/cwt	122.00–135.00	674	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	110.98/cwt	105.00–115.00	794	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	128.88/cwt	121.00–131.00	555	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	136.22/cwt	131.00–141.00	499	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	126.06/cwt	117.00–130.00	727	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	119.38/cwt	115.00–128.00	737	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	71.57/cwt	67.00–75.00	754	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	64.49/cwt	64.00–65.00	932	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	55.25/cwt	52.00–58.00	583	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,611	59.52/cwt	58.00–61.00	959	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	63.98/cwt	62.00–66.00	781	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	61.55/cwt	59.00–65.00	664	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	53.35/cwt	51.00–55.00	792	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	59.01/cwt	56.00–62.00	708	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	147.95/cwt	140.00–157.00	627	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	149.17/cwt	146.00–153.00	718	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	169.32/cwt	161.00–175.00	706	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	181.79/cwt	179.00–193.00	584	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	128.55/cwt	127.00–129.00	850	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	119.00/cwt	117.00–120.00	853	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	154.88/cwt	150.00–157.00	513	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	161.44/cwt	156.00–171.00	752	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	133.74/cwt	130.00–144.00	824	14

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Oklahoma auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Oklahoma feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Oklahoma City, OK (LS-KO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 750Last week 750Year ago 1,600

Slaughter CattleReceipts 134Last week 106Year ago 115

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 9Year ago 135

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	115.00	115.00
26	—	375	162.00–176.00	171.78
9	—	570	132.00–147.00	142.72
4	—	688	111.00–123.00	113.97
17	—	464	143.00–157.00	150.06
7	—	632	122.00–134.00	130.55
1	—	780	108.00	108.00
30	—	426	156.00–170.00	160.17
13	—	523	138.00–152.00	144.78
7	—	320	178.00–196.00	187.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	139.00–152.00	145.98
1	—	475	131.00	131.00
7	—	526	120.00–131.00	122.77
2	—	563	111.00–122.00	116.52
13	—	427	136.00–151.00	143.52
5	—	333	149.00–164.00	156.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	364	147.00–159.00	149.44
1	—	760	106.00	106.00
37	—	423	136.00–149.00	140.02
29	—	469	137.00–152.00	140.01
22	—	322	151.00–165.00	158.44
9	—	653	107.00–117.00	114.78
24	—	528	122.00–135.00	127.69
10	—	715	105.00–115.00	110.98
36	—	577	117.00–130.00	126.06
24	—	617	115.00–128.00	119.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	471	122.00–135.00	128.37
8	—	321	137.00–149.00	140.80
13	—	627	106.00–112.00	109.45
8	—	526	112.00–121.00	115.96
3	—	580	111.00–115.00	113.34
9	—	431	121.00–131.00	128.88
5	—	366	131.00–141.00	136.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	764	112.00–117.00	114.49
31	—	532	140.00–154.00	148.31
15	—	556	137.00–151.00	148.14
8	—	358	165.00–179.00	171.96
52	—	417	161.00–175.00	169.32
24	—	321	179.00–193.00	181.79
9	—	661	127.00–129.00	128.55
6	—	717	117.00–120.00	119.00
28	—	466	156.00–171.00	161.44
14	—	616	130.00–144.00	133.74
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	515	126.00–137.00	130.38
5	—	571	121.00–131.00	125.40
19	—	424	140.00–157.00	147.95
6	—	481	146.00–153.00	149.17
7	—	331	150.00–157.00	154.88
1	—	355	144.00	144.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,110	985.00–1,200.00	1,073.24
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	988	975.00–1,125.00	1,060.44
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,171	785.00–925.00	848.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,839	84.00–88.00	86.00
5	—	1,596	91.00–96.00	93.68
4	—	1,440	74.00–78.00	76.57
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,054	67.00–75.00	71.57
12	—	1,055	52.00–58.00	55.25
11	—	1,079	59.00–65.00	61.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,445	64.00–65.00	64.49
5	—	1,611	58.00–61.00	59.52
3	—	1,485	51.00–55.00	53.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,221	62.00–66.00	63.98
7	—	1,199	56.00–62.00	59.01

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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